An Interview with Julie Sayres, Affiliate Faculty, MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media Julie Sayres is an award-winning screenwriter whose experience includes a successful career as a writer for television…
Lisa Locascio Joins MFA in Creative Writing Program
Author and Academic Lisa Locascio has joined the MFA in Creative Writing program as a Core Faculty in Fiction. Locascio comes to Antioch with a decade of teaching experience at…
Caroline Ailanthus: Antioch graduate blends fact and fiction to create post-apocalyptic novel
Growing up surrounded by a family and community of writers, Caroline Ailanthus began writing and taking her craft seriously at an early age. “My parents are both writers, storytellers, and…
But What About Open-ended Essays?
Teresa Hoffman In the grind of student life, I often forget that I chose to be in grad school because I wanted to learn something interesting. How many papers have…
Adrien Kade Sdao ’19
Adrien Kade Sdao ’19 (Los Angeles, MFA in Creative Writing) had an essay “Dear Glitch” published in Lady/Liberty/Lit, and “Homeless/Hopeless/Helpless,” appeared in Unlikely Stories. Sdao was accepted into the MA in…
An evening with Award-Winning Writer and Producer Felicia D. Henderson
The MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media Program hosted a conversation with award-winning writer and producer Felicia D. Henderson. After beginning her writing career in sitcoms like Family Matters, Moesha,…
MFA Chair Featured on “The Creative Community 2.0”
Chair of the MFA in Writing & Contemporary Media Program Ross Brown was featured on TV Santa Barbara for the show The Creative Community 2.0 with David Starkey. Ross talks…
Victoria Chang Awarded a Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship
Victoria Chang, Chair of the MFA in Creative Writing Program was awarded a Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship for 2020. The Lannan Residency Fellowship provides uninterrupted writing time for poets, writers, essayists,…
Using Poetry as Vehicle for Change: MFA candidate, Margaret Kean
For Margaret Kean, poetry has always been a part of her. But finding the courage to write and share it with the world has taken a long time. The MFA…
Adventuring in APA
Vero lecocq Aspects of APA style are hard for me to swallow. Poetic lyricism is an important part of my writing repertoire, but APA papers have little use for the…
The Next Chapter: Celebrating Six Years with Antioch’s Librarian Ken Pienkos
The first time I met Ken Pienkos, Antioch’s librarian, I complimented his shoes. In the midst of the mayhem of my first residency, I’d found unexpected solace in his joyful…
Perseverance, not Perfection
tammy cloutier Hard to believe four years have passed while working for Antioch’s Virtual Writing Center. I learned a great deal from staff, fellow tutors, and students, but perhaps the…